Otis Ridge

Samantha has always been helpful and friendly. Never rude or condescending. She taught my grandson how to ski and improve over the last couple of years. Her staff gears the lessons for all the kids in the class. Staff has always been helpful, friendly and knowledgeable. Otis has always been a smaller, family oriented ski resort. The mountain is smaller but no less fun. There are places with “more” but they are also “more” expensive. The critics may want to go there.

Otis Ridge is an absolute gem. Great smaller mountain with terrain for every ability level — perfect for beginners, families, and experienced skiers who just want to have fun without the crowds. They have some of the cheapest lift tickets around, and the ski program they run is hands-down the best in the area and by far the best value. The instructors are fantastic. Night skiing is a huge bonus, and the food and drinks are good and reasonably priced (which is rare these days!). Support your local ski area — Otis Ridge does it right!

I love this mountian. The staff is friendly and attentive and personally I would love to shout out Samantha the ski school director. Not only is she pleasant and easy to deal with, she has personally taken the time to teach my son how to ski. She’s knowledgeable and patient. We love coming to see her and her staff! 10 out of 10 recommend!

Learned how to ski here when I was a kid. Smaller mountain but still great. They actually have a decent terrain park. Went back recently learning how to snowboard and I had a lot of fun but the snow was a little hard but other than that awesome. Great place to bring your kids.

Great place to learn to ski, not just because of the friendly staff and mellow beginner hill—there is actually varied terrain here, a pretty steep headwall (on Slalom), twisty stuff in the woods, random park features, and tons of rogue side hits. It's also a blast for night skiing. Old school east coast real stuff.